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Big Swells Bring Good Things

June 12, 2013 By Shari Bondy Leave a Comment

Living in a fishing village means our lives revolve around the sea and her states. Fishing depends on the weather and waves. Last week the internet sites predicted big swells to arrive here on the midwest coast of Baja . This forecast means different things to different people and results in a change of plans from the everyday routine. Surfers ask for days off work and race to get to their favorite breaks for the event. The young surfers in school suddenly come down with stomach flu, only cured by grabbing their board and paddling out to meet the swells. To the abalone fishermen it means several days …

Abalone Season Opens on Baja’s mid-Pacific Coast

April 20, 2013 By Shari Bondy 1 Comment

Abalone Season Opens on Baja’s mid-Pacific Coast by Shari Bondy Abalone season and fishing opened in April, much to the delight of the fishermen and the villages as it gives a big boost to the local economy here. The fishing cooperativas in this area have very successful fisheries for abalone and lobster and the towns relies on it. My husband Juan is an “abulonero” (abalone fisherman) and there are 12 pangas that fish abalone in his fishing cooperative. They have a sustainable quota and each boat brings in about 100 legal size abalone a day. There are 3 fishermen to each panga, one boatman who man’s the …

Filed Under: Bahía Asuncion, Discover Tagged With: abalone, Abalone Season, Bahia Asuncion, Fishermen, Orient, Pacific Coast, shari bondy

A Trip to La Sierra de San Francisco in Central Baja

April 11, 2013 By Shari Bondy 1 Comment

A Trip to La Sierra de San Francisco in Central Baja By Shari Bondy There are so many interesting and exciting things to do and see in Central Baja that even after living here for 20 years, there are some I haven’t had the opportunity of seeing yet. La Sierra de San Francisco is a spectacular mountain range and has been on my bucket list of things to do for over 20 years. So last week we took advantage of a windy day and a trip to Vizcaino to head up into the mountains to find out about this magical place. The turnoff …

The Tail End of Lobster Season in Baja

March 2, 2013 By Shari Bondy 3 Comments

Lobster season ended in Baja on the last day of February…abalone season is right around the corner! by Shari Bondy Central Baja California Sur is famous for it’s successful commercial fishing industry and the stars of the show are the high quality red lobster and abalone we have in bountiful numbers here. The fishing cooperatives are very proud of their stewardship of the species they fish and they have won international awards for sustainability. They take very good care of their fisheries, strictly adhering to seasonal quotas and size limits. They also have an excellent vigilancia program that entails patrolling the beaches and ocean to keep …

Guerrero Negro: What is in a Name?

February 7, 2013 By Carla White 1 Comment

Guerrero Negro: What is in a Name? By David Kier David Kier is author of the The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California 1697-1834 , that covers the histories and interesting facts around the 48 missions — starting with the first mission established in Loreto in 1697 — founded in Baja during this time period. What began as a salt mine camp called Salina Vizcaino in 1954 became the company town of Guerrero Negro in 1957, named after the lagoon the town is next to. Guerrero Negro is the Spanish translation for “Black Warrior,” which was a ship that was wrecked on the sand bars near the mouth of the lagoon back …

Gray Whale Migration Update and Census Through the Years

January 22, 2013 By Carla White Leave a Comment

Gray Whale Migration Update by Keith Jones, Baja Jones Adventure Travel, author of Gray Whales, My 20 Years of Discovery “January 20, 2013: We expect a great whale watching season. This year our first trip is January 26. Come join us for a vacation like no other.” The whale counts below are a result of a long term gray whale census study that has been taking place for more then 20 years. It is a combined effort of the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve and SEMARNAP (Mexican fisheries). Because the migration is underway and the early results are good, I thought I would put together …

The Baja Amigos Caravan South-bound to San Javier

January 14, 2013 By Lisa & Dan Goy Baja Amigos Leave a Comment

Meet Dan and Lisa Goy, Baja Amigos RV Caravan tours . From time to time, Dan and Lisa will take Baja.com with them as they travel through Baja and have face-to-face, heart-to-heart experiences in this magical land. They are seasoned Mexico campers and they want to share their tales and their knowledge of Baja with you and with fellow RVers. They recently visited the small community of San Javier and shared their experience. by Dan and Lisa Goy January 14, 2013 – This morning we head up to the 2nd oldest Spanish mission in the Baja, San Francisco Javier , was initially founded by the Jesuit missionary Francisco María Piccolo on May …

Bahía Asunción Welcomes the New Year with New Tourist-Friendly Services

January 4, 2013 By Carla White 2 Comments

Tourist-friendly services include a new Pemex gas station in Bahía Asunción.

Bahía Asunción says ‘Happy New Year’ by adding new tourist-friendly services to welcome visitors. by Shari Bondy First of all, we bid you Happy Happy New Year from Bahía Asunción . We are very excited about all the new tourist-friendly services that will be offered in our village in 2013. Now that the road in is paved, tourism has increased, bringing a welcome boost to the local economy. Even the potholes are being repaired and new pavement laid between Vizcaino and the Asunción turn-off. The main market, Miramar, now even offers a bank machine for withdrawals from a bank card and exchanges dollars for pesos …

Filed Under: Bahía Asuncion Tagged With: Bahia Asuncion, Cave Paintings, La Bufadora Inn, Pemex, shari bondy, Villa Bahia, Vizcaino, whales

Gray Whale Babies Getting Schooled

December 26, 2012 By Carla White 4 Comments

*Gray Whale Migration Update: December 2012 December 20, I received word from my fishermen friends at Laguna Ojo de Liebre that there are now gray whales inside the lagoon. Gray whales are being sighted off shore of Southern California as they make their way south. We expect a great whale watching season. This year our first trip is January 26. Come join us for a vacation like no other. Keith Jones, Baja Jones Adventure Travel, author of Gray Whales, My 20 Years of Discovery by Keith Jones Gray whale moms have a lot to teach their offspring before they head out into the open ocean …

B&B Casa Lereé in Old Pueblo San Ignacio

October 5, 2012 By nikki Leave a Comment

B&B Casa Leree in Old Pueblo San Ignacio

by Jane B. Ames (Juanita) Casa Lereé has become my outpost on the world in these last nine years. The guests who stay in the two garden rooms bring me news of their lives and of the long road down the Baja California peninsula and the view from my windows and the sounds from the streets keep me aware of the mostly quiet life of San Ignacio . From the bookstore window I see a street of dirt once again, after a few years of new asphalt paving. We’ve recently had a few good rains which carried down enough mesa mud to cover modernity …

Bahia Asuncion

Big Swells Bring Good Things

Abalone Season Opens on Baja’s mid-Pacific Coast

A Trip to La Sierra de San Francisco in Central Baja

The Tail End of Lobster Season in Baja

Guerrero Negro: What is in a Name?

Gray Whale Migration Update and Census Through the Years

The Baja Amigos Caravan South-bound to San Javier

Bahía Asunción Welcomes the New Year with New Tourist-Friendly Services

Gray Whale Babies Getting Schooled

B&B Casa Lereé in Old Pueblo San Ignacio

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